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Zoning board tables decision on 1115 Pierce Street rooming-house request after testimony on sober-house operations and ADA issues
Summary
The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment on Wednesday opened a special-exception hearing for 1115 Pierce Street, a duplex the owners say operates as a sober recovery residence, but tabled further action to seek legal guidance on ADA reasonable-accommodation claims and to request police-call records.
The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment on Wednesday opened a special-exception hearing for 1115 Pierce Street, a duplex the owners say operates as a sober recovery home, but tabled further action and directed staff to obtain legal advice about reasonable-accommodation obligations under federal disability law and to provide police-call history.
Applicant Andrew Tine, representing 1115 Pierce Street LLC, said the property has been used as a recovery residence for about a year and that the owners are seeking either a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act or, alternatively, a special exception as a rooming house under the zoning code.
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